ATHENS, Greece-- Yesterday ODU played with only five players and today with only six, losing to the Filathlikos Club Team, 89-66 at the Zografos Stadium. This was the fourth and final game of the Monarchs European tour of Italy and Greece as they finished with a 3-1 record. The Monarchs had to play shorthanded the last two games because the squad came down with intestinal virus symptoms.

"Tonight after playing back-to-back days with a depleted roster we ran out of gas against a pretty good team, " said ODU's Blaine Taylor. "The second quarter really hurt us as they got quite of few second chance baskets, especially from three-point range. It would have been nice to have our young guards available to experience this contest as well as a couple more of our big kids."

Filathlikos shot .569 (23-41) in the first half, including 9-17 from three-point range to race from a 21-19 first quarter lead to a 58-29 halftime lead. They finished the game shooting .442 from the floor and outrebounded ODU, 45-37. The Monarchs shot. 396 (23-58) from the floor.

Janis Antetokoubo led Filathlikos with 21 points, including five-for- nine three-point shooting. Vasilidos Gianoulakis dominated the boards with a game high 18. Four players for Filathlikos scored in double figures.